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PS1TTACID.T3. 



Carolina Parrot, var. A, Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 147 (1822). 



Psittacus thalassinus, Vieill. Eric. Meth. iii. p. 1377 (1823). 



Psittacus luteocapillus, Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1402 (1823). 



Aratinga carolinensis, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 136 (1826). 



Aratinga ludovicianus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 136 (1826). 



Conurus carolinensis, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 211 (1831); Bp. Comp. 

 List, p. 38 (1838) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 413, n. 8 (1845) ; 

 Bp. Comp. Av. i. p. 1 (1850) ; Woodh. Sitgr. Rep. p. 89 (1853) ; 

 Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 150, n. 34; Souance, Rev. et 

 Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 60; Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. 

 n. 62 ; Wied, Journ. f. Orn. 1857, p. 99 ; Baird, B. N. Am. p. 67 

 (1858) ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mm. p. 36 (1859) ; Tayl.Ibis, 

 1862, p. 128; Hai/d. Rep. 1862, p. 154 ; Sclat. Cat. Am. B. p. 347, 

 n. 2070 (1862) ; Schleg. Mm. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 17 (1864) ; Fimch, 

 Papag. i. p. 478 (1867) ; Cones, Pr. Bast. Soc. xii. p. 119 (1868) ; 

 Allen, Mem. Bost. Soc. i. p. 525 (1868) ; Sousa, Mas. Nac. 

 Lisboa, Psittaci, p. 8 (1869) • Turnb. B. E. Pa. 1869, p. 41 ; Rugs, 

 Journ. f. Orn. 1869, p. 82, 1870, p. 30 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. 

 p. 147, n. 8108 (1870) ; Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. ii. p. 308 (1871), 

 iii. p. 130 (1872) ; Trippe, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. p. 233 (1872) ; Stolk. 

 Journ. f. Orn. 1872, p. 3; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 761 (1872); 

 Coues, Keg. p. 199, f. 133 (1872); Snow, B. Kam. p. 2 (1873); 

 Schleg. Mas. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 5 (1874) ; B., B. $ R. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii. p. 587, pi. 56. figs. 1, 2 (1874) ; Coues, B. of North- West, 

 p. 296(1874); Schmidt, P.Z.S. 1880, p. 310; Rchnw. Vogelbild. 

 t. ii. f. 8 (1878-83) ; id. Journ. f. Om. 1881, p. 279 (Consp. Psitt. 

 p. 167) ; Salo. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 465 (1882) ; Coues, Check- 

 list N. Am. B. p. 80, n. 460 (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. 

 p. 342 (1883) ; Coues, Keg to N. Am. B. p. 496, figs. 346, 347 (1884); 



A. O. U. Check-list N. Am. B. p. 206(1886); Shufeldt, Journ. 

 Anat. Sr Phgs. xx. p. 407, pis. x., xi. (1886) ; Ridgw. Man. N. Am. 



B. p. 270 (1887) ; Cooke, Rep. B. Migr. Miss. Valley, p. 124 

 (1888). 



Sittace ludoviciana, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 656 (1832) ; Hartl. Sgst. 



Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 86 (1844). 

 Arara carolinensis, Selby, Nat. Libr., Parr. -p. 81 (1836). 

 Centurus (err.) carolinensis, And. Sgn. B. N.Am. p. 189 (1839) ; id. 



B. Am. iv. p. 306, pi. 278 (1842). 

 Conurus ludovicianus, G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 36 (1859). 



Adult male. Green, lower parts much paler; head and upper 

 part of the neck yellow ; forehead, lores, region round the eyes, and 

 cheeks orange ; scapulars, greater wing-coverts, and tertials tinged 

 with olive; primary-coverts deep green ; primaries yellowish at the 

 hase of the outer wehs ; bend of the wing and carpal edge yellow ; 

 greater under wing-coverts and quills underneath greyish black ; 

 tail underneath olive, more or less dusky on the outer webs of the 

 feathers ; thighs with some orange feathers : bill white horn-colour ; 

 feet yellowish Mesh-colour : iris brown-grey. Total length 12-5 

 inches, wing 7 - 5, tail 6-2, bill 0'9, tarsus 0*56. 



Female. Like the male, only the orange colour of the head less 

 extended. 



Young. No yellow colour on the head, which is green, except 

 the orange forehead and lores ; bend of the wing and carpal edge 

 yellowish green ; thighs green, with no orange feathers. 



Hab. " Formerly Florida and the Gulf States north to Maryland, 



